Does the forum have a tool to report spam? It would seem that there would be a button or link for member to report a thread that looks like spam.

For that matter, Why not just have the thread quarantined temporarily Or marked in the summary lists as suspected spam until a moderator can get to it.

Crowd policing this is going to be much more effective addressing the problem.

It probably would be a good idea to limit the quarantine ability to members that have a certain number of posts and membership time to limit vandalism. For example, anyone can report spam. long-time members reports quarantine and mark it (for speedy filtering).

And finally setup a feature that lets members filter out suspected spam.

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For that matter, Why not just have the thread quarantined temporarily Or marked in the summary lists as suspected spam until a moderator can get to it.
Crowd policing this is going to be much more effective addressing the problem.
It probably would be a good idea to limit the quarantine ability to members that have a certain number of posts and membership time to limit vandalism. For example, anyone can report spam. long-time members reports quarantine and mark it (for speedy filtering).
And finally setup a feature that lets members filter out suspected spam.

Lemme get this straight: you're asking for more moderation? And not only that, you're asking for it from people who might not even be moderators?

I don't know if there's an ISO9001 standard for spam response times, but usually by the time I'm booting up my computer (9-10 AM EST) the day's spam has been dealt with. Heck, I hardly even see spam at night after the rest of you have gone offline.

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Lemme get this straight: you're asking for more moderation? And not only that, you're asking for it from people who might not even be moderators?

I don't know if there's an ISO9001 standard for spam response times, but usually by the time I'm booting up my computer (9-10 AM EST) the day's spam has been dealt with. Heck, I hardly even see spam at night after the rest of you have gone offline.

I am amazed at how fast spam goes away.

I'm on the 9AM Eastern time zone shift.

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I don't spend much time here anymore, so please send me a PM. Thanks.

but that wasn't the poster's name You're pulling my leg, right? 'cos I just checked and the message I reported is gone now.

Yep, that was the name. Maybe he felt that he'd finally be at home on a board about early retirement.

When I'm on this board at 8 PM HST, most of the spammers are just warming up and getting started. I seem to stumble across them once or twice a week.

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